"Learn to imagine, imagine to learn" with the Bilingual Program at I.E.S. Albert Einstein"

This term our cross-curricular project will consist of an oratorical contest in English and Spanish. You will work in groups of six students. Each member of the team will perform one of the following tasks.

ORATORICAL CONTEST / CONCURSO DE ORATORIA

Presentation of a thought experiment. (2 minutes maximum)

For and against speech about issues affecting society. (2 minutes maximum)

Sale of an object. The student will choose an object from a box. They will have to convince the audience about the need and benefits of that object. (2 minutes maximum)

Task 1: Visit the page TEAM UP. Check if your national group is included in the table. Choose a topic if you have not done so yet and go to forum#2 to send your partners a message telling them that you want to collaborate with them.

Task 2: Once you have your topic, go to the page created for your team in the section EDITORIAL MEETING and brainstorm ideas about what you want to speak about.

Task 3: You will write a collaborative story about a Christmas elf that got lost. Describe what Christmas is celebrated in our country. Write about the sights, smells and sounds. You can contribute to this story during this week until the 5th December included. YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS STORY WILL GIVE YOU EXTRA POINTS IN THE FINAL MARKS!!!!

In this session you will work on Break the Ice! page on the Twinspace.

Task 1: Read the introductions of your partners. You can send them a message on Forum 1.

Task 2: On this digital board, write an introduction of your national group including an image of the members. Write about the interests and hobbies you share, your abilities and the expectations you have about this project.

Student-journalists from various European countries share their perceptions of international news, interact and collaborate in international teams for a school year. They express themselves through a variety of media: they participate in a school web-radio channel including a selection of programmes designed by the teams – composing their theme music, writing radio scripts and editing radio podcasts about topics related to their interests and global issues. They also collaborate to create and publish an e-magazine presenting current events from their perspective. Each international team will create a 10-15 minutes programme about a topic in common. The national groups will have to work on the topic choose a different format: interview, documentary, drama, talk show, etc.

Welcome back to school! Let’s start the school year with a smile. Here is the short film called “Validation”. It is a story about a parkig attendant who gives his customers real validation, giving both free parking and free compliments. It shows the magic of looking for the best in people.

Before you watch the film:

When was the last time you smiled? Why did you smile?

How often do you smile?

When was the last time you gave a compliment? What did they say?

What do you think about giving compliments?

Whay about receiving them?

While you watch the film:

What famous people appear in the video?

When did Victoria last smile?

What happens to Hugh when he can’t make Victoria smile?

Why did Victoria’s mother forget how to smile?

What city do they visit?

After you watch the film:

Did you like the film? Why (not)?

What is motivation?

In which way can we help people to increase their motivation?

Can people destroy your motivation?

How are you best motivated?

Watching another short film called “Post-it”:Group activities:

In groups of four, you have to create a lesson plan to work on the short film “Post-it”. Each member of the group will be charge of one of these sections:

Design a poster for the film

Three questions before watching the film: three questions

Three questions while watching the film

Three questions after watching the film

Write down compliments about the other students in their group using the 3 different constructions. When you finish writing the compliments, read them out to the other members of the group.